Episode 5314

	Sesame Street
	Family Album
Air date	February 2, 2023 (HBO Max); December 4, 2023 (PBS)
Season	Season 53 (2022-2023)
Directed by	Brittany Scott Smith
Sponsors	S, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Tamir teaches Elmo that the skin is the largest part of the body.
	SCENE 1	On a windy day, Elmo and Abby meet with Tamir and Gabrielle, who are creating a family photo album for their Grandma Nell's birthday. They explain their plan to give it to Nell later in the day, and that they just need four more pictures to paste in. Tamir and Gabrielle show Elmo and Abby two photos they've already added to the album (one of Gabrielle and Nell making pecan pie and one of Tamir and Nell playing soccer), when the remaining four photos blow away. Time for a photo hunt!
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The gang look all around Sesame Street for the photos, until Abby eventually finds a picture hidden inside of flowers. This picture isn't one of Grandma Nell, but of Tamir's mother when she was young. Tamir demonstrates that he and his mom have the same skin color. Now, they still have three photos left to find.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Alan finds two more of their photos. One of which is of Gabrielle's dad, who, as Elmo points out, has a different skin color from his daughter. Tamir explains that there are many different colors of skin in his family because of melanin, something different people have different amounts of that affects the color of your skin. One left to go!
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The four look all over for the final photo, but can't seem to find it anywhere, until they find it stuck up in a tree. With Alan, Elmo, and Abby, Gabrielle and Tamir show Grandma Nell and Tamir's mom the photo album with all of the photos inside. Nell then starts up a song about how together they are a happy family with all different skin colors. Alan then takes a photo of everyone together.
	Insert	Celebrating Me, Celebrating You, Celebrating Us! Valentina and Sebastian look through a photo album with their dad. They notice that their cousin has a different skin color from all three of them.
	Muppets	Elmo and friends sing and clap as they find out the letter of the day - S. (First: Episode 5007)
	Celebrity	Athlete Naomi Osaka is about to teach Elmo, Charlie, and Gabrielle how to play tennis, but they need to put on sunscreen first. Gabrielle asks if she needs to wear sunscreen despite having a different color skin. Osaka explains that all skin has melanin in it, and that people with darker skin have more than those with lighter skin. Super Sunscreen arrives and explains that, while melanin does protect the skin, you still need sunscreen to be a "melanin helper." Another type of "melanin helper" is visors, which Osaka provides for everyone. Now that they are protected against the sun, they are ready to play. (First: Episode 5209)
	SCENE 2	Ji-Young shows Elmo and Tamir a music-note adhesive bandage to protect her skin after she fell. When the three get ready to ride on their bikes (or in Ji-Young's case, scooter), they hear the sound of the Foodie Truck...
	Muppets	Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck To celebrate his Ecuadorian culture, Guillermo orders black bean and cheese arepas for him and his family. Cookie Monster gets all the ingredients, including a beanie hat. Gonger informs him that black beans and beanies are not the same thing, and that real black beans are at the bean farm...
	Muppets	Elmo and Abby pose as astronauts and sing about finding the number of the day by counting Martians. Today, there are 4. (First: Episode 5005)
	Celebrity	Mickey Guyton teaches about community in song. (First: Episode 5301)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Skin (First: Episode 4735)
	SCENE 3	Grandma Nell, Elmo, Tamir, and Gabrielle sign off.